The high lakes are closed July 25 - August 15 to protect sacred tribal foods.

Branch of Natural Resources
Fisheries Department

The Fisheries Department is dedicated to the research, management, and enhancement of fisheries and fishery resources on the reservation, ceded lands and usual and accustomed stations of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs.

Through the Warm Springs, John Day, and Parkdale offices the Fisheries Department employed over 70 professional, technical, and temporary staff.

The CTWSRO Fisheries Department implemented over 200 projects for management and enhancement of spring and fall Chinook, summer and winter steelhead, sockeye/kokanee, bull trout, and Pacific lamprey populations and their habitat.

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John Day Basin Watershed

A lot has changed across the landscape of Fox Valley since European settlement. The area [...]

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Spring Chinook – Fighting for a Future

Fisheries Habitat Program sheds light on Chinook salmon Spring Chinook salmon are part of the [...]

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Náimuni: Connecting Oxbow Conservation Area

Our video of the Oxbow Tailings Restoration Project from 2016. For more project information see [...]

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The Upper John Day Habitat and Diversion Project Video

The Upper John Day Habitat and Diversion Project was completed in August 2016 on the John [...]

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Video: Warm Springs River Large Wood Project

Here is a short video of the 2016 project which added about 900 whole trees [...]

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Mill Creek Restoration Video

This 9.5-minute video is a Wahoo Films production and shows the restoration project and relates [...]

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Restoring Juvenile Habitat: Oxbow Conservation Area

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Happy Place for Fish in the John Day Basin (Oxbow Conservation Area)

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